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Snowshill, Gloucestershire   (Picturesque Village)

For anyone looking for a peaceful retreat in which to spend a few idyllic days in glorious countryside, could do no better that visit the picturesque village of Snowshill, high on the Cotswold escarpment above Broadway and the old town of Evesham.....(more)

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Edensor, Derbyshire   (Picturesque Village)

It was the 6th Duke of Devonshire who looked out of his window one day from Chatsworth House, and realised that the magnificent view of the park in front of him was blocked by a.......(more)

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Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire   (Seaside Town)

Sea, sand and solitude, or rather sea, rocks and solitude can be found in the grandeur of this picture postcard stretch of chalky cliffs where a retreating sea reveals picturesque little coves and sea caves.....(more)

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Northampton, Northamptonshire   (Historic Market Town)

The landscape of Northampton is dotted with reminders of its illustrious history. Despite the great fire of 1675 when much of Northampton was destroyed, it was rebuilt in such a.......(more)

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Wimborne Minster, Dorset   (Historic Market Town)

Wimborne Minster is a magnificent Georgian town in the valley of the delightful River Stour.....(more)

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Woodstock, Oxfordshire   (Historic Market Town)

Woodstock will be forever inextricably linked with the great Palace of Blenheim and as birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, one of the greatest Englishmen ever.....(more)

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Pembridge, Herefordshire   (Picturesque Village)

Pembridge, is one of the prettiest villages in Herefordshire, it is thrice blessed for it stands in a trio of black and white villages famed for an abundance of quaint cottages and graceful houses.....(more)

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Amberley, West Sussex   (Picturesque Village)

Amberley is a pretty little village on the edge of the South Downs, near to the Cathedral town of Arundel.....(more)

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Mousehole, Cornwall   (Picturesque Village)

This delightful coastal village, with its wealth of history, lovely old harbour and beautiful headland walks, makes an interesting base for exploring the superb scenery of Mount's Bay and Land's End.....(more)

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Shillingstone, Dorset   (Picturesque Village)

A picturesque village in the county of Dorset....(more)

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Tutbury, Staffordshire

This picturesque little town in the Dove Valley is dominated by the ruins of the medieval castle.....(more)

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Settle, North Yorkshire   (Historic Market Town)

A wonderful market town in the Yorkshire Dales. Settle is the starting point for the famous Settle to Carlisle Railway; one of Britain's most spectacular and scenic railways which.......(more)

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Coxwold, North Yorkshire

Coxwold is one of those villages that appear to have changed very little with the passing of the centuries.....(more)

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Ipswich, Suffolk

This is a town that can trace its history back to the Stone-Age, it has been a successive settlement throughout the ages and has been populated by settlers from the Iron-Age,.......(more)

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Brockenhurst, Hampshire   (Picturesque Village)

Gloriously set, like a jewel in a crown, between woodland and heathland, is the picturesque place called Brockenhurst.....(more)

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Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire

Driffield makes an ideal base from which to explore the spacious Wolds and the glorious sandy bays of the lovely coastline of East Yorkshire.....(more)

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Bungay, Suffolk   (Historic Market Town)

A market town in Suffolk known for its medieval architecture and scenic location along the River Waveney.....(more)

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Fairford, Gloucestershire   (Historic Market Town)

Fairford was granted a market charter in the year 1135 but it is believed that village has its origins way back in the Bronze Age. Its beautiful church is world famous for having the most complete set of Medieval stained glass windows of any parish church in the United Kingdom....(more)

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Sandwich, Kent   (Seaside Town)

The town had prospered from its natural harbour for centuries, and by the 13th-century Sandwich had become a major port.....(more)

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